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Exam 1: Overview of Epidemiology
What are the aims of epidemiology 1,
What is an observational study 2,
What are the main types of observ...
5  cards
Exam 1: Frequency of Clinical Events
What are the epidemiologic health...,
What does primary care action to ...,
What does secondary care action t...
29  cards
Exam 1: Measures of Frequency Prevalence
What is prevalence 1,
How do you calculate prevalence 2,
What is point prevalence 3
15  cards
Exam 1: Transmission Models
What is communicability 1,
What does transmission require ep...,
What is effective contact 3
17  cards
Exam 1: Patterns of Disease
What is an epidemic 1,
What is an endemic 2,
What is a pandemic 3
21  cards
Exam 2: Cohort Studies
What are observational studies 1,
What is a cohort 2,
Describe cohort studies 3
15  cards
Exam 2: Case-control Studies
Describe case control studies 1,
What is the measure of associatio...,
What is an easy way to calculate ...
10  cards
Exam 2: Cross-sectional Studies
Describe cross sectional prevalen...,
What are the advantages to cross ...,
What is assessed in cross section...
4  cards
Exam 2: Diagnostic Testing I and II
What is a diagnostic test 1,
What does serology typically refe...,
What provides evidence of an immu...
16  cards
Exam 2: Understanding Predictive Values
What is positive predictive value 1,
What is negative predicitve value 2,
How does higher sensitivity impac...
8  cards
Exam 2: Altering Diagnostic Test Cutpoints
What happens if you change cutpoi...,
What happens anytime you increase...,
What is a receiver operator curve...
4  cards
Exam 2: Serial and Parallel Testing I and II
What is serial testing 1,
Which animals are tested a second...,
Which animals are considered posi...
24  cards
Exam 2: Biostatistics
What are examples of point estima...,
What is a confidence interval 2,
What is the 95 confidence interval 3
9  cards
Exam 3: True and Apparent Prevalence
What is prevalence 1,
What are the 2 major sources of e...,
How do you calculate true prevale...
5  cards
Exam 3: Measures of Impact
What are the measures of frequenc...,
What is incidence 2,
What is prevalence 3
20  cards
Exam 3: Validity, Bias, and Confounding
What is external validity 1,
What is internal validity 2,
Does internal validity require ex...
15  cards
Exam 3: Causality
What are koch s postulates 1,
What are problems with koch s pos...,
What is the surgeon general s cri...
9  cards

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